National Truck & Bus Driver Trainers Conference ---- Neil Rowe Managing Director ProDrive -The Driver Trainers Ltd Angie Davies Consultant ProDrive The Driver Trainers Ltd
Neil Rowe, Managing Director Angie Davies, Consultant The Training Implications for the Third EC Directive on Driving Licences Driver CPC
Driver CPC EU Directive 2003/59/EC Driver Certificate of Professional Competence Became Law in the UK on: 10 th September 2008 for PSV Drivers and 10 th September 2009 for LGV Drivers
Driver CPC - requirements New Drivers passing PSV or Goods Vehicle Driving Tests for commercial use from are required to take a 4 part test as follows: Module 1 (1a) Theory and (1b) Hazard Perception Module 2 Initial Driver CPC Theory (set scenarios) Module 3 The Driving Test Module 4 Initial Driver CPC Practical (Oral Examination of 30 minutes comprising of 5 questions - show me/tell me)
Driver CPC - requirements Existing licence holders have 5 years to obtain 35 hours of training to a set criteria culminating with a Drivers Qualifying Card (D.Q.C.) PSV 10 th September 2008 9 th September 2013 LGV 10 th September 2009 9 th September 2014
Driver Qualification Card
Syllabus Advanced training in rational driving based on safety regulations Application of regulations Health, road environmental safety, service and logistics
Are Drivers in Scope? Licence entitlements Employment Activities
Driver Licence (front) Pre January 2013 Post January 2013
Driver Licence (rear) Pre January 2013 Post January 2013
Driver Licence Vocational (rear) Pre January 2013 to 14/10/12 From 15/10/12 to 18/01/13
Driver Licence (counterpart) (To be abolished 2014/2015)
Driver Numbers UK Data supplied by the Traffic Commissioners in 2008 suggested the following number of vocational drivers within UK :- 368,200 LGV Drivers 88,745 PSV Drivers These numbers exclude the holders of UK pre-1997 licences that were granted grandfather rights of C1 and D1 and also tested sub entitlements..
Existing Drivers Annual Development of Driver CPC 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 Periodic training hours logged 430,385 1465,725 2,830,834 3,805,109 5,013,001 Total courses completed 9,003 32,804 63,582 84,581 103,926 Total attendees 51,834 161,195 315,824 523,520 697,386 New Drivers 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 Initial qualification 3,948 7,524 12,104 14,003 16,511
Last Year & This Year to 31/07/2013 Existing Drivers 2012/13 2013/14 July 31st Periodic training hours logged 5,013,001 2,233,372 Total courses completed 103,926 45,051 Total attendees 697,386 297,791 New Drivers 2012/13 2013/14 July Initial qualification 16,511 6,314
Other Data 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 Periodic DQC s Issued Centre Approvals Course Approvals 655 3,790 10,215 29,219 106,886 70,009 (220,774) 271 559 233 163 203 79 (1,438) 514 1,883 2,419 2,976 3,492 1116 (3825) Active drivers 47,686 150,135 281,629 512,687 613,496 652,667 Audits & QA 0 31 278 C 147 221 604 317 865 116 394
Good Background Reading
Workshop Within your group please consider the following and list in order of priority:- What do you believe would be the 5 most important points emerging from the EU consultation? What subjects you think are of the most value to drivers of both sectors? What would you like to see included? Should there be a compulsory core of subjects? If so, which? Should retention of knowledge be tested?
Directive 2003/59/EC on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers Directive 2003/59/EC is part of this overall effort to increase the safety on European roads. The purpose of the Directive is to raise the standard of new drivers and to maintain and enhance the professionalism of existing truck and bus drivers throughout the EU through a continuous update of their capacities. The objective of this public consultation is to provide input to the European Commission in order to assess how effectively the Directive has met its objectives and what specific action and measures may need to be adopted to improve its effectiveness. Please also read the background document.
Third Directive, 2006/126/EC This Directive provides changes (from 19 th January 2013) for: Definitions of vehicle sub-categories Progressive access to larger categories of motorbike The rules on the duration of the administrative validity period (AVP) of a licence Mandatory medical checks on the renewal of a Group 2 (bus or lorry) licence Minimum standards for driving examiners; and Steps to ensure no one can at any time possess more than one licence issued by a EEA State, and Where the licence has been cancelled or withdrawn in an EEA State where the holder resided, that other EEA States cannot issue a licence to that person
Directive Objectives in the UK From the DSA Consultation in November 2005 the Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment states the overall objective of the Directive is: To improve road safety To improve the professionalism and quality of service offered by professional drivers And to facilitate the free movement of workers The EU Commission also by proposing these measures hoped to: Encourage more drivers into both road haulage and passenger transport assisted by a Community wide standard for both Initial Qualification and Periodic Training for drivers working in road freight and passenger carrying sectors.
2005 Consultation Summary of Benefits The proposed new arrangements offer the prospect of major benefits to the road freight and passenger transport sectors. In particular: Better qualified drivers should mean savings in fuel consumption (Research indicates the economic benefits should outweigh the costs of the Directive s provisions.) Better arrangements for skilling professional drivers will enable younger persons to take up those occupations, which has long been a request from the 2 sectors.
Summary If the EU Third Directive intends to up skill drivers through continuous development, who will also need be up skilled? Are you ready???